Businesses must create guilt-free attitude to holiday

Alistair Cox, the Chief Executive of Hays, has called on businesses to create a guilt-free attitude to holidays.

A recent study by Avios found that a quarter of staff are not expecting to use their holiday allowance, but Cox believes it’s time that a guilt-free attitude to vacations is promoted.

Writing on LinkedIn he says: “It’s certainly no coincidence that employee ‘wellbeing’ has migrated from the margins to the mainstream over the past couple of decades.

“Progressive businesses, particularly those in the technology sector such as eBay and Google, have grasped the impact it can have on creativity, productivity, and ultimately profit.